The Cost of Magic in the Seasonal Rums

With each point of a retail or rank maybe in your group you have to let go of one class of mortal connections but gain considerable power. You need to stop talking to anyone outside of your immediate family who is not awakened if you want to get to that fifth dot you need to fake your own death. i like the idea that requisitioned items would always work successfully and that's part of the reason why you would do it. minor anomaly spawn as you play and help square up the action economy and build up the enemy their powers will be a variant of what the greater one does. I think this sets up impactful and important moments and is a good way of very literally showing the cost